Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-10-21

              nf BIBLE COMMON PBOGBESSIVE BABBIT CLUB PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDN WELL RECEIVED II 1M DAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21* 19#8 SULTAN MUST ABDICATE TAFT DAY IS THE EVENT OF YEAR IN W. VA. WIFE SEARCHES IN FOR HER HUSBAND Tlie Demnerntlc* Candidate Tor I'rrsideut .Made Slxtmi K|>eet'lie*» In One Day. Yonn* Turks Convinced Tliat Abdul Humid Is Not in Syni|Nitliy Wlth Reform*. First Iiitcriinlliinul Meeting— ipitcs In.ill Colleges—Vtteillhl nee Will ltillI'll 1,000. MIhn Mnrli- IIiinIIiikh KiilerlnliiH Flrsl AM'inbliiKi' of l.ocal Oiienill/.iillon.BATTLE WITH FIRE IN THE MORRIS MINE TRAVERSED THE ENTIRE STATE Section. Meeting. The annual meeting of tin Hoard •»f Mrs. H. A. Wright, Nee Miss Mayme McAninch, of Hamilton, Deserted by Spouse. West Virginians Turn Out by Thousands to Hear Republican Candidate. Heroic Measures Used to Quench Blaze that Burned a Year. LOOK FOB WRONG MO. WRIGHT THKITEKED OTHER COM. MIKES The Young Turks have virtually decreed that the Sultan must abdicate his throne, and such a move would be forced at once, but th«• reformers desire to choose a time when It can be effected with less excitement than at prsent. They are convinced that he has never been in sympathy with the reforms he was compelled to grant, and that he is desirous of seeing Turkey involved in wor in order that he may regain his former power, and that he is the center of aKTAf >1 t'N'PNNTPXX the central, though hidden, figure In the reactionary movement that Is now menacing the new regime of the Young Turks. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 21.—The Diplomatic Corps in Constantinople is becoming rapidly convinced that the depostion of Sultan Abdul Hamd is a matter of only a short time. The club meets next Monday night with Miss Imdgcne Smith. At eleven o'clock a delightful foliation was .served with covers laid for Misses Emma Zeitler, Alleta Olsen, Clair Kunselman, Maud Smith, Mayjne Murray, Mary Naylon, Frances Bnumgardner, June Beyer, Grace Simpson, Imogcne Smith, Mrs. W. S. Dinsmore, Messrs. \V. S. Dinsmore, George C'oxe, Olaf Carlton, Stanley Bios*-, May Bowers, Max Goheen, Harry Milliard, Albert Feicht, Lee Helshell, Heath Hastings. Miss Emma Zeitler outdistanced the other ladies and was presented with a neck chain. Albert Feicht won the gentleman's prize, a pair of silk hose, and \V. S. Dinsmore won the guests' priae, one of the late publications. The Progressive Rabbit Club, an organization composed of twelve young ladies of this place, met last night for the lirst time with Miss Marie Hastings at her home in Fast End, with all the members present. Lloyds Give 9 to 1 On Taft 000 iii Premium**—III a Position lo Know. deported Insurance of $r>00,000 for R. R. Officials Visit Punxs'y Tin- aim of the convention is to devise and present effective means to secure the co-operation of the church in efforts to win students to high Chris imii living by means of the English Bible. John It. Mott, of the Student Volunteer, i.s to be presiding officer of the convention, and speakers are to include Bishop McDowell, of the Methodist Church. Hubert IS. Speer, of the Presbyterian Foreign Board; Dr. Shailer Matthews, of the University or Chicago; 1 >r. F. M. Sanders, of the Congregational Church, and other leaders. I COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 21.—The student Bible study department of the V. M. C. has completed all arrangements for the first International Siuotnt Bible Convention, which is to assemble in ibis city tomorrow for a session of three days. The indications are that fully 1,000 students will attend as college delegates, and in addition there will be several hundred college professors, presidents, ministers and Christian workers. Special to Trie Spirit. THREE ALTOSNA ODD FELLOWS The Democratic candidate, although he had but six hours sleep, appeared fresh and strong when he delivered his first of sixteen speeches of the day at Hammond, I ml., at 7:30 o'clock. His voice was in splendnd shape and he commanded the strict attention of his m iny audiences. His favorite themes yesterday were the planks of the Democratic platform relating to labor, the government guarantee of bank deposits and the publicity of campaign contributions and he frequently aroused his auditors t*» a high pitch of enthusiasm. tour yesterday of William J. Bryan through Indiana was a notable one. though he is to large crowds and lusty cheers, the demonstrations acorded him during the day were commented on by the candidate as being exceedingly gratifying. A 1»leasing feature of the trip was the repeated calls for Mrs. Bryan, who shared in the handshaking with her husband. She was overwhelmed with attention at every place where a stop was made and was the recipient of in any handsome floral pieces. LOUISVILLE. Kv.. Oct. 21.—The JAMISON ELECTED MDOERATGS l\lcele(l to Highest Position In |><»- Iini*(inent Council at l-YauUlin of family Holdings in This .Adrian Iselln on \iinual Inspect ion Minister Chosen by Pittsburg; Synod of l'nite<l Presbyterian (liiii'eh. A distinguished party of Buffalo, Rochester »V- Pittsburg Railroad of- "In taking: such a risk." says the statement, issued last night from the headquarters, "or making sueh a bet, ■ Lloyds lias not acted in a wildly hazardous manner. It has based its transactions upon a most cereful ip- \ vestigation of the sentiment among voters and has received reports from politicians concerning: the situation In every State in the Union. With those facts as a basis it has worked out a ! rate of insurance upon the loss liable to be occasioned American business men by the selection of Bryan as President and upon his chances of election.'! The chances of Bryan's success, how- j ever, seem so small to Lloyds agents that the rate has been made extremely lo\v." Lloyd's Kvehange of London, which will insure against anything from the ruining- of crops by drouth t<» the extra expenses of twins, has. according to -a statement Issued! last night by the Republican National committee, accepted risks from American business men amounting to $500,000 to be paid if Bryan is elected in return for premiums amounting to about $55,000, says the New York Sun. This aboonts to odds of !> t<> 1 against Bryan. If the statement is correct Lloyds is giving: more than the market odds because in Wall Street and in the hotels you can't get more than three to one against Bryan, if you can get that. Tho Cogswell jewel was awarded to Canton. Pottstown, which was commandcd by Captain C. F. G ruber, the incoming commamU'r. of Company A, Sixth regimen: X. G. I'. The grand decoration was last night conferred on Captain James T. Collins,. of Hollidaysburg; Mojor Calvin Proudfott, of Letomon; Major C. \V. Maxwell, of Bradford; Captain X. E. Sterner, of Williahisport. A meeting: of the Grand Lodge wasalso held hero last night. The following were chosen to receive the grand decoration at next year's meeting: Ca.pt. E. C. Greene, of Ej'ie; Capt.. C. F, ('.ruber, yf Pottstown: ('apt. W. H. Parkhill. of Pittsburg; Major it. J. Lippey, of Easton. President, J. 11. Andrews, of Altoona; vice president, It. E. Long, of Altoona; secretary, W. E. Rodkey, of Altoona; treasurer, J. S. Patroff, of Philadelphia; ofiicer of the day, Geo. E. Cassel, of Lancaster; aide, W. II. Kiess, of Williamsport: sentinel, .Samuel T. Miller, of Pittsburg. FRANKLIN, Pa.. Oct. 21. The department council of the Pennsylvania Odd Fellows yesterday elected the following officers: HIE BURRED IN TENEMENT FLAMES UNDER CONTROL ORNNN'SRURO. Pa., Oct. 21.— R.-v. Or. J. B. Jamison, pas-tor of the Oakland Church in the Monongahela Presbytery was elected moderator yesterday afternoon at the opening meeting of the Pittsburg Synod, United Presbyterian Church. The Rev. II. I\. iVlcClure was retained as stated clerk. The sessions arc being held at the First Presbyterian Church, the new I'nited Presbyterian Church not yet being completed. They will continue until Thursday afternoon. Almost all of the two hundred delegates re preseating churches t.i^^Ay.^stmo,ebuul, Washington, Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana and Cambria counties and as far east as Harrisburg, are in attendance. The 1 lev. Dr. A. II. Robinson of the Sixth Church of Pittsburg, preached the opening sermon in the absence of the retiring moderator, the Rev. J. T. Adams of Hrookvllle. The 1 lev. ,J. M. Adair of Hrookville, the oldest minister of the synod, offered prayer. Purley I'. Maker, a national organizer for the anti-saloon league, will deliver a lecture this evening on the work of the league. Two Mines Wore IMit Out ot Rnsliioss I Hill Today—Xo. 2 Mine Ho- Sill 1IOS ()|H'ratl(His. Woman and Infant Son anil riiknown .Man Meet Death in a l ire. Continued on Page Three "Hut these combinations of labor that ought to be encouraged, that are necessary to enable labor to assert its righ in its necessary controversy with capital. Ikivc an enormous power both for good a.id for evil, just . xactly the same as the combinations of capital have an enormous power both for good an J for evil. and no sympathy that you may have with the prosperi'y ot the country and the necessity for combination of capital to make you sympathize with the Illegality and attempted monopoly of capital on the one hand and no sympathy that you serve to be the President of the tinier ought to make you sympathize with the unlawful methods when it resorts "I only cite them to show that when 1 am charged with being- hostile to ; labor organizations. when I am , charged with being: unfair to labor, it does me gross injustice. I yield to no man in my sympathy for the men | who earn their livelihood by the sweat "f their brow and I would join in any 1 legal method to encourage them i.i | :heir hard struggle upward in this life of ours. .Mr. Taft explained that the Wash! ington administration and Congress j were United in their jurisdiction over ; labor. Nevertheless, he said, there I had been a number of important laws passed in the last seven years affect- I ing labor. After enumerating these laws and dwelling on their importance. Mr. Taft paid his respects to Mr. C'lompers, saying that it was his judgment that the American laboring man had intelligence and independence enough to use his own judgment and not be "delivered" by Mr. Gompers to anyone. After reviewing at length the cases lie decided while on I the bench which have been made the j subject of attack upon him, Hr. Taft concluded": things accomplished and progress made, then the advantage is always with the Republican party." "When it takes nothing but words and wind." he declared, in asking the question as to which party ought to receive tin- support of the labor vote, "the Democratic greatly the advantage, but when it comes to To an audience which filled the theater at Mattinaburg Judge Taft delivered his speech on labor. PARKRRSBrKO, W. Va., Oct. 21. —Taft in West Virginia yesterday was the Kepubiiea j political event of the present campaign in this State. Judge Taft traversed its entire length, from Martins burg to Parkersburg, and wherever he stopped he was the feature of a demonstration which brought together many voters. Special trains were run t<» many of the towns in which the < a ldldate appeared, thn* making his presence available t<» residents from parts of the State not visited.It present at tha: hour. It The meeting will be called It It at s o'clock sharp, and conn- It it eilmen arc requested to be It it West Mahoning Sired. it town corxoii it it John A. Porati, president of It it the Town Council, has called a It It special meeting for tonight. It It for the purjiose of discussing It It the water question and the imit provements being made on It i\<; or tiii: it sprcixi, mi.i:t. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ADRIAN HOSPITAL MEET Emlin Roosevelt, one of the official party, is a cousin of President Roosevelt. The trip is being made for the purpose of inspection, purely, according to the statement of the official party. vicinity, and some time tomorrow afternoon will leave for the return trip to Buffalo. This morning the special left for Butler. Xew Castle and Pittsburg. The party will return to Punxsuatwney tonight. and tomorrow they will visit the various mining properties in this Yesterday they went over the Indiana branches, including stops &t Ernest, Luzerne. Iselin and Josephine, returning to Punxsutawney for the night. On Monday the special visited points from Rochester to DuBois, including the Reynoldsviile & Falls Creek, and C. & M. railroad properties. The officials arc the guests of Adrian Iselin, who is on his annual inspection tour of all of the properties included in the Iselin holdings in this section of the State. The party includes A. G. Yates, of Rochester, president of the road; Adrian Iselin, Jr., vice president, of New York; \V. A. Noonan, general manager, of Rochester; Emlin Roosevelt. a director, of New York; J. F. Dinkey, auditor and treasurer, of Rochester; Ernest Iselin, dUectar, of New York; George H. Clune, treasure re of the R. P. Coal Iron Company, of Rochester, and E. F. Robinson, chief engineer, of Rochester. ficials was in Punxsutawney 'ast night. The tourists, who left Rochester Monday morning, are traveling in two private coaches belonging to this president and the general manager of the road, respectively. Operations wore resumed this afternoon in No. 2 mine, which had In on forced to suspend operations on account of the smoke which came in from No. 1. The affecfed district has heen sealed up and after being; thoroughly saturated with steam, will be drownejd out with water. break. By United Press. fONNKLLSVI LLK. Pa.. Oct. 21.— Flames wihch have boon raging in No. 1 Mine of the Washington Coal *S1- Coke Company since Sunday night, were gotten under control at day- Trustees of the Adrian Hospital in MARRIED AI ADRIAN aft'airs of the association were found this place was held yesterday. The Trustees elected for the coming year S. A. Rinn, \\ s. Blaisdell. \r 1> . S. M. Free, M. 1)., J. a. Whiteman, John H Hell. H. M. Clark. W. \V. Winslow. K. \V. Robinson, T. K Wil- I anis. M. I >.. (W Hughes, M. I)., John Kced, R i\ Lang. A. \V. Callo- Continued on Pago Two He posed as an employee of the YVestinghouse Company, of Pitts- Within a few hours after her arrival in Kittanning Saturday morning she learned that her husband was working at the Harbison-Walker clay mines at Cowanshannock as a day laborer, toiling in the dirt for $1.50 a day. He is alleged to have been an old time chum of tin4 superintendent of the mines and had sought the seclusion of the hills to prevent his whereabouts from becoming known to his wife. He is also alleged to have changed his last name from Wright to Kite and assumed the nick-name "Doc", explaining to the other workmen that he had been educated to be a physician but had not been practicing for some 'time. In her inquiries she learned that her husband had been working at the Harbison-Walker clay mines at Cowanshannock. Mrs. Wright told the authorities she called the mines by telephone a week or two ago, but claims that she was informed then that no such man as she had asked about was employed there. Not satisfied however, with the reply she arranged to come personally to Kittanning to continue her search. ligation Finally Mrs. Wright's suspicions were aroused and she began an inves- Mrs. Dr. H. A. Wright, nee Mayme McAninch* of Hamilton, is looking for a faithless hsuband, according to the following, which was printed in Monday evening's issue of the Kittanning Times: The household effects were stored in Pittsburg and until the doctor could elect a new Held he sent his wife and her little girl to the former's home at Mamilton, about six miles from Punx- MitaWiley, Mrs. Wright's mother, Mrs. Kate Jordan, conducting a hotel at that place. The separation was not expected to be of long duration but week after week went by and aside from an occasional letter, none of which conveyed *r*iy assuring promise for the future, there was little heard from the doctor. The story told the authorites by .Mrs. Wright and subsequent discoveries makes the case one of the most sensational investigated in a long while. According to .Mrs. Wright she was married to the alleged faithless doctor two years ago. He had been divorced from his first wife and had practiced his profession at Charlerol, PPttsburg and West Winfleld, Hutler County. She described him as being a. bright succesful physician, but found his last location—West Winfleld—distasteful and decided to leave. Tracked to his seclusion by an Irate wife, whom he is alleged to lutve deserted lour months ago, Dr. H. A. Wright, who for three or four weeks, to evade detection, has been working as a day laborer at the Cowanshannock clay mines of the Harbison- Walker Company under an assumed name, has fled to parts unknown and tiie arrival of his wife in Kittanning Saturday revealed the fact that two homes have been ruthlessly broken by the dashing young physician. lely Desti Steamer Xrw on ltiver Death Comes to Four in St< GET GOOD SEATS NOW Several others were injured by jumping from upper story windows, and Mrs. Yetta Krauss, who jumped from the top floor, will likely die. I'X K NT)\Y X M A X—\V as k nown on - ly by first name—Louis. MOUTHS MOSKOVVITZ, an infant son of the first named. THK l>K.\l> MRS. Y ETTA MOSKOWITZ, aged twenty-five years. NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—'Three charred bodies were t'oun <>n the upper floor of a six-story tenemtn on the East Side to,lay, after llames had swept through the homes of eighteen families who occupy the building. 1>y United Press. men removing the dirt from the coal and carting away the ho: dumpings which have supported the smouldering tire for almost a year. A large section of the coal which was cut of? by the huge ditch is still on tire, and is rapidly being transformed into coke. When the tire is finally put Saturday the dfch was completed and all danger of further spread was over, but the coal in the seggregated section was still burning. ' Since Saturday Mr. Pantall has had a crew of Accordingly men were set to work to cut tin- fire off by digging a trench around and back of the blaze. Crews were put on day and night turns, and there were as many as sixty-five men and six teams working at one time. A crescent shaped ditch, some 300 feet from tip to tip was excavated to a depth of twenty-five feet. Blasting powder was used and thousands of tons of dirst and a large quantity of coal was removed, the bottom of the excavation revealing the fact thai the vein at that point is eight feet thick. On the Tuesday following the fire General Superintendent Calloway, of the R. & P. Company, and Superintendent Driscoll, of Walston, and their mine formeu held a consultation at the Morris bank, and decided that something must be done. It became evident to them that if the fire should get beyond control it would not only smoke all of their men out, but wouM precipitate an internal conflagration that would burn for a hundred years or more and eventually destroy all of tiie coal in this section. The hills in that section are all honey-combed with mines, from Horatio to Adrian, so that they form a continuous passage in every direction from the old bank. To make matters more serious 'the smoke begun to drift through into the mines that are being operated. The old bank, which had been abandoned years ago, suddenly became as active as a rejuvenated volcano, and JX'Ojiia; living thereabouts began to fear lest another explosion should occur.On the followoing Monday morning, when Mr. and Mrs. Linus Lewis, who live a few hundred yards from the opening, arose, they discovered smoke issuing from the old bank, and from numerous cave-ins in that vicnity.Last Sunday morning, two weeks ago, the fire got into the old drift, and then the trouble begun. The coal caught fire and the blaze swept back along, the old corridors at a furious rate, until the gas caught lire. Then there followed an explosion which shook the houses and buildings thereabouts, awoke the sleepers, and left the impression that an earthquake had happened. In November, 1907, some coal haulers built a lire on the slack coal, just outside the entrance to the old coal hank. The lire did not go out, as most fires do, but kept on burning, and is not out yet. Yesterday a representative of The Spirit accompanied John Driscoll, superintendent of the VValston Mines, to the scene, where John R. Pantall and a crew of men are bus'ly engaged 1 i fighting the fag end of a fire that is almost a year old. A few days ago The Spirit printed a brief account of the subterranean fire near the Morris schoolhouse, but the half was not yet over. is entitled to be called the "burning min«". The old coal bank, now being operated by John H. Pantall on the old Joe Morris farm in Young Township, (CanUnued on pagc2) Ully. Tickets I'or 11Y. M. C\ \. Lecture Course lire Selling ISup- Eire <'oni|i PROSPERITY IS RETURNING SPEEDILY IN THE WEST END Day Line. $ 3.500.07 Mis* Margaret Devlin Hccohm's 11 Bride of .hi mes Me. Guiro. Following; !s the annual report of the board of trustees: The question of building an additional wing and a new operating room was discussed, and a committee was ■appointed to prepare estimates. S. M. Free, M. D.t was re-elected superintendent of the hospital for the coming year, and F. I). Pringle. M. D.. ass stant superintendent. mibulance. way It was voted to employ a junior resident physician, in order that a physician can always go out with the Total receipts of the year. . $22,155.67 Total expenditures 22,655.74 I)elicit, The young couple have a host of friends whose best wishes will follow the announcement of the happy event. The ceremony was followed by a sumptuous wedding1 breakfast, which was served at the home of the bride, and last night the guests were entertained at a charming ball, which was given in Christopher Columbus Hail. Miss Margaret Develln, of Adrian and James McGuire, of Oonondaga, were married in the Ctholic Church at Adrian yesterday morning at eight o'clock, Rev. Father Zubrisky, otflciating. The attendants were Miss Kitty Calligan, of Adrian, bridesmaid and J. E. McBride, of Rossiter, best man. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the explosion of a lamp. The vessel was completely destroyed, burning to the water's edge. ALEXANDER BR AIT. The New York came to the Marvll shipyards yesterday to undergo repairs, carrying a crew of fifty on ; boarcf. JAMES JONES. JOSEPH MATTHEWS. ISAAC JENKINS. THE DEAD NEWIH'RC, NT. Y.. Oct. 21.—Four men were burned to death Ibis morning in a lire which completely destroyed the steamer New York of the Hudson River Day Line. By United Press. Cost of maintainance per patient per day, $1.15. no 082 630 38 Patients remaining Oct. 1, ll>07 Admitted during the year ... Discharged, during the year. . Died during the year  Patients remaining Oct. 1, 1908 . 64 Average number of patients per day, 55. George Porter, the proprietor, reports business in the foundry and machine departments especiall brisk at present. The Star Iron Works, one of the oldest and most substantial industries of the West jSnd, has also picked up recently, and's now employing twenty-two men on full time. When the new kilns are put in operation the plant will have a capacity of about 20,000,000 bricks annually. Thp company now has twenty men on its pay roll, who draw good salaries weekly. each will be constructed with all possible speed. Ground has already hern broken for the first of the pair of new kilns, and it is hoped to have tin* first one completed in six weeks. The new kilns will be seventy feet long, tewnty-two feet wide, and twenty-two feet high, and of the latest design, and will cost $4,000 each. The three kilns now in operation, with a capacity of 540,000 bricks per month, will not begin to supply the demand, however, and two more large kilns, with a capacity of 150,000 bricks Yesterday the rejuvenated industry began to show results when the first kiln since the new company took charge, was completed, and taken off. The burning netted 65.000 building brick of the finest grade, and there are two more kilns just like them that will come off in the near future. The latest development of an industrial character is the rehabilitation of the Rogers brick plant, which was purchased some weeks ago by Thomai McMillen and O. P. Walker. The citizens of West End, Punxsutawney, in particular, and of Greater Punxsutawney and vicinity in general, will hail the evidences of prosperity which are cropping up in that section of town. THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, P. C., Oct. 21.— The weather, forecast for tonight and Thursday, is fair. (Continued on page six.) It will cost us something over $1,000 to give you the privilege of hearing these people. This being so, it behoves us to get ourselves "out of tho woods." also to cut off advertising expenses as soon as possible. To do this we offer course ticket** with the proviso, never before offered, that you can reserve your seats for the entire course when you present your first coupon. We are making a house to house canvass, with instructions to Although our Entertainment Course ticket sale has started off nicely, our agents report that scores of people who have not secured course tickets have experssed their intentions of attending some of the numbers, paying single admissions. If you are one of these it will pay you to read this through. To the People of Punxsutawney: MILLERSBURG, O., Oct. 21.— While the citiezns of Millersburg were busy lighting lire which destroyed six down town buildings today, burglars broke into the postotflce and stole $40f in cash and a large amount of stamps During the past year $3,157.59 was expended for repairs and additional equipment, including sterilizer, Alter, microscopes, etc., of which the State appropriation covers $3,000, 10. W. Cross, M. D., was elected senior resident physician for the coming year. Miss Lunetta Miller was re-elected superintendent of nurses, and Miss Fannie London as assistant superintendent.Doctors F. F. Moore, of Homer City, and J. C. Fisher, of Rossiter, were added to the medical and surgical staff. Several physicians were added to the consulting staff. The trusters organized by the election of S. A. Itinn as president; \V. S. Blttisdell, M. 1).. vice president; S. M. Free, M. I)., secretary; J. A. Whi'emaa, treasurer. These, together with John H. Hell and T. R. Williams, M. D., constitute the executive committee. The report shows a large gain in the number of patients, the increase being so marked that the trustees yesterday voted to take up the matter of building a new wing to the hospital. to be in splendid eondl'ion and the report was ordered printed. , *• 4^HHI^I VOL HI—NO. 30 r PRICE TWO CENTS